Brae Fell
586m (1923ft)

The Northern Fells, The Lake District, Cumbria, England

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Brae Fell is on Ordnance Survey Maps:

OS Explorer Map OL4

1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers)

OS Landranger Maps 89 & 90

1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers)

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*Version marked with the walk routes you need to follow to Walk all 214 Wainwrights in just 59 walks.

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Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Brae Fell

Erin Ryan walked up on June 20th, 2021 - Longlands Fell- Lowthwaite Fell - Brae Fell - Little Sca Fell - Great Sca Fell -Meal Fell. Lots of grassy pastures with well defined paths. Returning via Trusmadoor pass lots of little streams with some muddy, boggy sections, but nothing you couldn't get past

Tim Winn climbed on September 9th, 2021 [from/via/route] Longsdale [with] Myself [weather] Overcast

Sarah Moore bagged on May 29th, 2021 [with] Zoe and The Bobbly's [weather] Hot!!

Richard Beardsley hiked on May 5th, 2021 [from/via/route] Route C163 Great Sca Fell from Over Water [with] Myself. Because of Covid restrictions this is the first fell walks since August 2020. [weather] Lovely sunny day, snow & breezy at heights. - Dropped off at Over Water Car Park & commenced walk at 0930hrs. Stuck rigidly to the route apart from not doing Lowthwaite Fell. Arrived back at the car park at 1400 hrs. Walked a further 3 miles to the Castle Inn on the A591 for lift to home.

Christine Shepherd summited on September 13th, 2009 [from/via/route] Walked from Overwater using walk c163 Repeated this walk on another glorious day 11.04.2021 [with] On my own [weather] Glorious walking weather. - Part of wonderful day's walking.

Claire Kirk conquered on April 10th, 2020 [from/via/route] Overwater [with] Phil [weather] Cold but clear, snow showers

Claire Murray scaled on November 19th, 2020 [from/via/route] Brae Fell, Great Sca Fell, Knott & High Pike from Fellside Farm [with] Vitor [weather] Warm & sunny but damp - Lovely walk with easy parking at the farm. No sheep on the hills & no leads required! There was no bridge the way the map told us to go but the river was wide, deep & fast flowing so we have to follow the river up by a mile or so until we found some bridges to get across.

Christina Lander walked up on October 14th, 2020 [from/via/route] Overwater - Great Cockup - Trusmadoor - Meal Fell - Great Sca Fell - Knott - Great Sca Fell - Little Sca Fell - Brae Fell - Longlands Fell - Longlands - Overwater [with] Dick [weather] Mostly bright & sunny, clouded over at times - A lovely walk, & only a short drive from our cottage at High Ireby

Chris Sheard climbed on October 1st, 2020 [from/via/route] Circular up from Overwater [with] George [weather] Pleasant light winds, nice round 14c - Much better hills than i expected - lovely walk

Martin Woods bagged on August 14th, 2020 [from/via/route] Great Sca Fell from Over Water [with] Mr Ainsy [weather] sunny 22 degrees, bit windy at the tops - Can be boggy between the hills

Nick Dobson hiked on July 18th, 2020 [from/via/route] Overend Water car park, to complete circular walk with 5 Wainwrights. Starting with Great Cockup onto Meal Fell, then Great Sca Fell then onto Bra Fell [with] Margaret and Ralph [weather] Clear sunny day - Continued next onto Longlands Fell

Adrian Howard summited on September 27th, 2018 [from/via/route] Longlands

Andrew Johnson conquered on October 18th, 2019 [from/via/route] Longlands [with] Ted [weather] Cloudy, misty on tops

Richard Fulcher scaled on June 6th, 2018 [from/via/route] Over Water car park [with] Jen [weather] Variable cloud & some sunshine - A very enjoyable walk around a horseshoe of hills

Jamie Bryan walked up on August 17th, 2019 [from/via/route] c163 [weather] Windy

Jill Dean climbed on April 14th, 2018 [from/via/route] Uldale

Darren Wilson bagged on September 1st, 2018 [from/via/route] Great Cockup, Meal fell, Great Sca Fell, Knott, Brae Fell & Longlands Fell [with] with Dan

Julian Parry hiked on June 6th, 2018 [from/via/route] C163 [with] Nuno Malo

Derek Parkin summited on March 19th, 2016 [from/via/route] Great Calva [with] Lynn Parkin [weather] cloudy

Dave Eyes conquered on July 8th, 2016 [from/via/route] from Longlands [with] Christine Eyes [weather] Sunny & Windy

Richard Marshall scaled on June 17th, 2017 [from/via/route] C163 Sca Fell [with] Andy &Bo [weather] Sunny

Craig Steeland walked up on June 12th, 2017 [from/via/route] On a long circular route from Over Water car park [with] Sue [weather] Cloudy & cool with gale force winds on the summits - Very wild & remote. Easy walking underfoot. Only saw a handful of other walkers all day.

John Walter climbed on April 28th, 2017 [from/via/route] . [with] Tricia

Wayne Baxter bagged on April 7th, 2012 [from/via/route] Longland, Brea Fell, Great Scar, Knott, Longlands Fell [with] Sue, Trevor & Wendy [weather] Cloudy & windy

Simon Boddy hiked on April 17th, 2017 [from/via/route] Longlands [with] My girlfriend [weather] Fine

Leon Harvey summited on October 16th, 2016 [with] Solo

Darren Gallagher conquered on May 11th, 2016 [weather] Windy

Mark Davidson scaled on October 17th, 2004 [with] Theresa [weather] Bit grey & dismal

Chris Bramley walked up on October 30th, 2016 [from/via/route] mosedlae [with] jacqui, blake and janet

John Almond climbed on April 3rd, 2016 [from/via/route] go4awalk c163 - From Over Water car parking area - Great Cockup - Meal Fell - Great Sca Fell - Brae Fell - Longlands Fell.

Phillip Bulley bagged on July 14th, 2016 [from/via/route] Longlands Fell [with] Ruby [weather] Sunny & very hot.

Colin Egan hiked on May 23rd, 2016 [from/via/route] Continuation from Longlands Fell via the upper reaches of the Charleton Gill valley between them [with] My wife Faith [weather] Sunny & warm at times, cooler with cloud cover - Not always a good idea to try & cut corners!! We had to cross two deep gulleys as we traversed the head of the valley, manageable but it would have been far easier to follow the old bridle path further up towards Little Sca Fell before swinging round towards Brae Fell. This was our final fell in the Northern range, only 31 more fells to go to complete our Wainwright journey.

Jon Mapp summited on March 25th, 2016 [from/via/route] C163 [with] Suzzanné, Caroline and Robin [weather] Beautiful day, blue skies, some clouds, very windy on top - A very pleasant walk, the whole walk completed in 3hrs 50mins

Mark Luckett has conquered [from/via/route] Climbed Via Longhands Fell, Brae Fell, Great Sca Fell, Knott, Meal Fell & Great Cockup [with] Susie Luckett [weather] Cold & icy but bright - Great walk & met some very nice people. Cold & frosty day but 5 hours of walking these Wainwrights warmed us up for the day.

Christine Knowles scaled on September 20th, 2015 [from/via/route] From Longlands; [with] Graham [weather] Fine, bit windy - Great views of Scotland!

Angela O'neill walked up on July 6th, 2015 [from/via/route] Overwater [with] John [weather] Dry but overcast & windy

Tracey Cowell climbed on June 30th, 2015 [from/via/route] Longlands fell/brae fell/little sca fell/great sca fell/meal fell/trusmadoor [with] Solo [weather] Sunny & cloudy & humid - Foxgloves at longlands

Iain Taylor bagged on March 22nd, 2015 [from/via/route] Near Over Water NY 25544 35378

Jean Nichol hiked on July 8th, 2014 [from/via/route] Fellside [with] Jill Bell [weather] Mixed sun & clouds

Harry Meijer summited on June 30th, 2015 [from/via/route] The Caldbeck Fells [with] The Lake District Walker

Anthony Scott conquered on February 17th, 2015 [from/via/route] Orthwaite [with] Hayley [weather] Grey cloud, windy & cold

Clive Ward scaled on October 8th, 2014 [from/via/route] Fell Side. 24km doing 8 peaks in Northern Fells [with] Ian, Chris [weather] Mostly dry, shower late pm. - One of 8 that day

Graeme Russell walked up on September 13th, 2014 [from/via/route] from Great Sca Fell using go4awalk route c163 [with] with Scott, Roxy and Archie [weather] Clear, calm, little hazy

John Tippins climbed on April 16th, 2014 [from/via/route] Orthwaite [with] Kevin O'Hare [weather] Sunny, bright & windy

David Noble bagged on April 14th, 2014 [from/via/route] From Over Water [with] Kelly [weather] Dry & Windy

Raymond Barnett hiked on April 3rd, 2014 [with] self [weather] hazy

Elaine Evans summited on March 21st, 2014 [from/via/route] From Great Sca Fell [with] Sue [weather] Cold wind but sunny spells & stayed dry. - Round walk from Longlands, through Trusmadoor, up Meal Fell, across to Great Sca Fell, back via Brae Fell, then joined Cumbrian Way to walk back to car.

Andrew Wood conquered on March 9th, 2014 [from/via/route] Used Go4awalk map with Great Sca Fell walk c163 [with] Jane & ANdrew [weather] Mild but very windy so felt chilly

Doug Martin scaled on October 13th, 2013 [from/via/route] Orthwaite [with] John Murray - Fellwalkers [weather] Clear & dry

Joanne Mcgawley walked up on February 22nd, 2014 [with] RICH [weather] V.V.V.V WINDY!!! - 7.5 MILES

Marcus Bradshaw climbed on February 13th, 2014 [from/via/route] c163

David Baines bagged on April 23rd, 2013 [from/via/route] Longlands, Great Sca Fell, Meal Fell, Great Cock Up [with] Alone [weather] Bright, windy - See Great Sca Fell

Lee Maddison hiked on January 2nd, 2014 [with] My son Lee jnr

Kevin Parnham summited on December 31st, 2013 [from/via/route] From Overwater via Great Sca Fell [with] Jo [weather] Wet & windy but improving to excellent views

Gill Watson conquered on February 2nd, 2013 [with] Gill

Tim Buckley scaled on September 22nd, 2013 [from/via/route] Walk c163 set off from Over Water at 9.45am. Geat Cockup, Meal Fell & Great Sca Fell then on to Longlands Fell. [with] Lynne. [weather] Windy with blue sky now appearing as the cloud began to break up. - Superb views over to Scotland, from the summit cairn - topped by a large lump of quartz. Arrived at the top at 1.18pm.

Darren Mortimer walked up on May 25th, 2013 [from/via/route] Overwater [with] Dermot Palmer [weather] Warm & sunny

Tony Aspden climbed on October 10th, 2007 [with] Andy [weather] Clear, sunny day

Stephen Mcdonald has bagged [with] Joanna and Sunny [weather] Cold but nice walk & ended up walking in snow. Sunny very cold at end

Dale Verrall hiked on November 7th, 2010 [from/via/route] Over water - Walk number C245 [with] Amber [weather] Lovely to start but very cold to finish

John Cave summited on January 13th, 2013 [with] Ann, John & Jenny Parkin [weather] Light snow covering, snowing

Charlie Housley conquered on November 10th, 2009 [from/via/route] From the summit of Longlands Fell. [with] Joanna, my patient and understanding wife. [weather] Cold, damp & low cloud moving in as we make our way down from the summit.

Stuart Crane scaled on March 18th, 2008 [from/via/route] c163 Great Sca Fell from Overwater

Karen Lythgoe, Hannah Blythe, Melanie Dunn, Maxine Down, Jane Wilkinson, Jenny Godfrey, Paul Nicholson, Mr M A Blanchard, David Watson, Louise Sandwith, Adrian Roberts, David Shaw, David Laws, Louis Smith, John Grimes, Elaine Grayson, Nick Christian, Jacqui Smith, Mike Wilson, Patricia Dilley, Simon Duerden, Jonathan Tobin, Gordon Lee, Paul Booth, Peter Clark, Linda Mckeogh, Victoria Bates, Tracey Cordes, Trevor Williams, Paul Henderson, Rob Barklamb, John Cuthbert, Patrick Buckland, John Southward, Stephen Millington, Paul Carmichael, Jeanette Coward, Gary Kent, Ray O'hara and Libby Burns have all walked, climbed & bagged Brae Fell.

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